Former Naganohara Town Employee Found Guilty of Fraud

Breaking news "Gunma Prefecture".
By "Isesaki FM" AI.

The Maebashi District Court sentenced Shimamura Takaya, a former construction department employee of Naganohara Town, to three years in prison with a five-year suspended sentence for fraud and other offenses for defrauding the town of approximately 420,000 yen under the guise of purchasing office supplies.
He was also charged with theft for stealing toner cartridges worth approximately 460,000 yen.
The court pointed out that it was an ingenious crime that abused his duties, but as he had already been dismissed and a settlement had been reached, the sentence was suspended.